Lonely and Alone.(Tanka)

Sansan to/ sosogu asahi no/fuzukue ni/ nokosu mikan no/ uta zo samishiki

How lonely I would be
left behind on my desk
an unfinished poem
in the glorious morning sun  

© Fuyuko Tomita

(Note that the Japanese version is in five lines – but – as she explained to Chèvrefeuille in a separate post– the English version is slightly different.  She is translating her poem so as to keep the spirit of the original, more so than the structure of the original.)

 

Here is mine….

unfinished poetry

like unsatiated hunger

a long night of misery

………

lonely and alone till dawn

the sun bringing hope

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.in/2015/02/carpe-diem-special-133-fuyuko-tomitas.html